Michelle Collier
Writer, illustrator & printmaker
I'm a creative writer and self-taught printmaker based in my home studio in Manchester, UK.
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Whether it's with a pen or a blade, I love working with my hands, and much of my practice involves hand-drawn illustration, relief printmaking and hand-cut paper art.
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With a lifelong love of storytelling, both my writing and visual work tends towards the mythical and mystical. The tall tales we tell in the dark... the stories we spin to soothe ourselves... the strange folklore that endures through the ages... all of these things find their way into my work.
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Much of the work you'll find on my site focuses on the print side of my practice. But I also work in digital storytelling and scriptwriting. I'm especially interested in immersive stories, interactive fiction and narrative-led game experiences.
Photo by Ed Power
To say hello or to chat about projects and commissions, email: mickeypip@hotmail.com
Selected events & exhibitions
2020
GM Covid Commissions
2019
Manchester Print Fair
Manchester Cathedral
Storytellers United Hackjam (winning team)
Part of Digital Cities, Manchester
Spooky Print Fair
Stockport Hat Museum
Etsy Made Local
The People's History Museum, Manchester
2018
Manchester Print Fair x Design Manchester Festival
The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
Let’s Paint the Town Red, group exhibition
Plant NOMA, Manchester
Manchester Print Fair
Manchester Cathedral
2017
Manchester Print Fair x Design Manchester Festival
Campfield Market Hall, Manchester
2015
NQXmas (street art installation)
OutHouse Substation, Manchester
24 Days of Lever St (window installation)
Northern Quarter, Manchester
Irene (2015)
Michelle Collier
Screened & selected
Blind Date/Matchmaker (2016)
Written by:
Eleanor Marechal
Directed by:
Screened:
DepicT!
London Short Film Festival
Underwire Festival
London Golden Scout IFF
Indie Hype
Nominated:
The Manchester Open
HOME, Manchester
Selected Writer, Immersive GameLab
StoryFutures, the UK's National Centre for Immersive Storytelling
Best Experimental Short, London Short Film Festival